Article IV, Section 1 of the United States Constitution

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Full Faith and Credit Clause clause of the United States Constitution constitutional provision

Article IV, Section 1 of the United States Constitution is the provision that requires each state to recognize and honor the public acts, records, and judicial proceedings of every other state.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
Article 4 of the U.S. Constitution	1
Section 1 of Article IV of the United States Constitution	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Full Faith and Credit Clause ⓘ clause of the United States Constitution ⓘ constitutional provision ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Full Faith and Credit Clause ⓘ
appliesTo	U.S. states ⓘ state governments ⓘ
articleNumber	IV ⓘ
authorizes	Congress to prescribe the effect of such acts, records, and proceedings ⓘ Congress to prescribe the manner in which such acts, records, and proceedings shall be proved ⓘ
bindingOn	all U.S. states ⓘ state courts ⓘ state executive officials ⓘ state legislatures ⓘ
citedAs	U.S. Const. art. IV, § 1 ⓘ
constitutionalLevel	federal ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ
draftedBy	Constitutional Convention ⓘ surface form: Constitutional Convention of 1787
enables	Congress to enact full faith and credit implementing statutes ⓘ
ensures	that certain legal statuses created by one state are recognized in other states ⓘ that judgments validly rendered in one state are generally recognized in other states ⓘ that official state records are recognized in other states ⓘ
governs	interstate recognition of court judgments ⓘ interstate recognition of laws ⓘ interstate recognition of public records ⓘ
historicalContext	adopted with the original text of the United States Constitution in 1787 ⓘ
implementedBy	28 U.S.C. § 1738 ⓘ
interpretedBy	Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
legalEffect	creates a constitutional obligation of interstate comity ⓘ limits states’ ability to disregard other states’ final judgments ⓘ
locationInDocument	Article IV ⓘ
partOf	Article IV of the United States Constitution ⓘ United States Constitution ⓘ
purpose	to ensure continuity of legal rights across state lines ⓘ to promote national unity among the states ⓘ
ratifiedWith	original United States Constitution in 1788 ⓘ
relatedTo	Commerce Clause ⓘ Privileges and Immunities Clause ⓘ Supremacy Clause ⓘ
requiresRecognitionOf	judicial proceedings of every other state ⓘ public acts of every other state ⓘ records of every other state ⓘ
sectionNumber	1 ⓘ
subjectMatter	conflict of laws ⓘ interstate relations ⓘ recognition of judgments ⓘ
textBeginsWith	Full Faith and Credit shall be given in each State to the public Acts, Records, and judicial Proceedings of every other State ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Article IV → alsoKnownAs → Article IV, Section 1 of the United States Constitution ⓘ

subject surface form: Article IV of the United States Constitution

this entity surface form: Article 4 of the U.S. Constitution

Article IV of the United States Constitution → hasSection → Article IV, Section 1 of the United States Constitution ⓘ

this entity surface form: Section 1 of Article IV of the United States Constitution

Full Faith and Credit Clause → locatedInDocument → Article IV, Section 1 of the United States Constitution ⓘ